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 Stocks to Watch
Zacks Elite Stock of the Day
Friday, May 16th
Find out which stock is up 460% on the Focus List.
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Targeted Recommendations
Today's Target Feature:
Top Focus List Performers
This hard drive maker recorded a strong quarter and is seeing solid technical momentum.
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Closing Market Commentary
Friday, May 16th
Results were mixed on the Street, while the Focus List’s performance outpaced the major indexes.
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Feature Recent Model Portfolio Activity
Timely Buys Portfolio Activity
Ticker Date Action Taken
[withheld] 05/12/2008 ADDITION
[withheld] 05/12/2008 DELETION
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[withheld] 05/05/2008 ADDITION
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Focus List Portfolio Activity
Ticker Date Action Taken
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Feature Today's EPS Surprises
Positive Surprises
Ticker Time Expected EPS Reported EPS Surprise
TBUS 07:00 0.01 0.06
500 %
SBP 07:00 0.13 0.38
192.31 %
T.MCH 07:00 -0.11 0.08
172.73 %
CPSL 07:48 0.05 0.10
100 %
QELP 07:00 0.20 0.32
60 %

Negative Surprises
Ticker Time Expected EPS Reported EPS Surprise
PINN 07:00 0.01 -0.19
-2000 %
T.PEG 07:00 0.02 -0.30
-1600 %
FSRV 07:00 0.07 -0.34
-585.71 %
T.PLS 07:00 0.03 -0.07
-333.33 %
T.FCC 07:00 0.02 -0.02
-200 %
Last Update: May 17, 2008 09:00:56

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Feature Intra-Day Market Activity
NasdaqS&P

Index Price Net
 S&P 500 1425.35 + 1.78
 NASDAQ 2528.85 - 4.88
 NASDAQ 100 0.245 0.000
 Russell 2000 741.17 - 2.21
 30-Year Treasury Bond 45.79 + 0.03

  Zacks Equity Research 
Bull of the Day
China Fire & Safety Group (CFSG) Well-Leveraged -

Bear of the Day
National City (NCC) Rough Neighborhood -

Analyst Interviews
Some Opportunities in Aerospace/Defense
With John Nelson Simon

Keep in mind that a lot of airlines aren't in the U.S. and many of them are doing quite well -- in the Middle East, India, China and even Russia. We discuss HXL, DAL, NWA, UAUA and LCC.

Zacks Industry Rank Analysis
Rally Gives Coal Companies Pricing Power
With Charles Rotblut

Multiple coal companies, including ACI, MEE and BTU, are benefitting from coal's 80% rise this year.

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 Investors Corner

16-MAY-08
Charting Zacks Elite Stocks

Snap On Inc.
By Michael Vodicka

Two steady climbers headline this week's installment.
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recent commentary

 Market Analysis

16-MAY-08
Somewhat Surprising Market Strength
By Charles Rotblut

Despite record oil prices and poor confidence, the Dow is only slightly down from 12 months ago.
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Feature Zacks Daily Indicator
A finer read of the Zacks Rank for stocks on the Focus List.
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Disclosure:
Annualized returns are for Jan 1, 1988 through Mar 31, 2008. Comparable annualized returns for the S&P 500 are 11%.

The performance of the Zacks Rank portfolios for annual and year-to-date periods are the linked monthly total returns (price changes + dividends) of equal weighted hypothetical portfolios, consisting of those stocks with the indicated Zacks Rank, assuming monthly rebalancing and zero transaction costs. These are not the returns of actual portfolios. The hypothetical portfolios were created at the beginning of each month from January 1988 forward based on the values of the Zacks Rank available to Zacks' clients before the beginning of each month. The portfolios created monthly from 1988 through September 2006 exclude ADRs and are comprised of stocks that have the indicated Zacks Rank and were covered by at least two analysts at the time of the stocks inclusion in the portfolio. Starting in October 2006 and going forward, the portfolios are comprised of all stocks with the indicated Zacks Rank and do not exclude ADRs, which is more reflective of the list of stocks that customers will find on the Zacks web sites. These performance numbers have been audited from 1995 through 2003 by Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP.

The S&P 500 Index ("S&P 500") is a well-known, unmanaged index of the prices of 500 large-company common stocks selected by Standard & Poor's. The S&P 500 includes the reinvestment of all dividends, no transaction costs, and represents the gross returns before management fees.

Performance information for other Zacks’ portfolios and strategies is available at: http://www.zacks.com/performance